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Splintered Heart is the #1 bestselling and award-winning book one in Linda Dowling''s Red Dust Novel Series, being developed for screen by acclaimed Australian filmmaker Jayden Cummins.

BETRAYED. ABANDONED. SPLINTERED 

It is the 1960s, and teenage Lisa O''Connor is growing up in a brutal family in the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. Abused and forsaken by those she should have been able to trust the most, Lisa is sent away to the notorious Parramatta Girls Home for ''reform''. While captive there, she encounters the depths of human depravity and sinks even further into despair.

Luckily for Lisa, she is rescued from this abhorrent life by her childless aunt, who takes her to live at a remote sheep station in outback New South Wales. Lisa finds herself in a world that is different to anything she has known before, and she falls in love with the homestead, Woori, the harsh outback landscape and the Aboriginal culture. With the help of her aunt and uncle, two female Aboriginal elders and Billy, a very special young Aboriginal man, Lisa''s splintered heart and broken spirit begin to mend.

Splintered Heart, book one in the Red Dust series, takes readers on an emotional journey into the depths of human darkness, and out again, into the light of the human spirit. Lisa''s determination and desire to overcome her horrific beginnings tell a saga unlike any other. Both horrifying and inspiring, this is a story that can''t be put down.

Sinister Intent is the #1 bestselling book two in Linda Dowling''s Red Dust Novel Series, being developed for screen by acclaimed Australian filmmaker Jayden Cummins.

HUNTED. THREATENED. RUINED.

Will Lisa O''Connor''s strength of spirit, reinforced by her love of the Australian outback and the Aboriginal culture, see her prevail against the escalating sinister intentions surrounding her?

It is the early 1970s. Lisa O''Connor is still haunted by her horrific past. The abuse she suffered at the hands of her brother-in-law and while incarcerated at the Parramatta Girls Home is about to come full circle. A police investigation into these crimes is now being carried out by Sydney detectives, throwing Lisa back into turmoil. Will the detectives believe her? Will justice ever catch up with her monstrous abusers? Or will they elude capture and punishment?

While under the care of a prominent psychiatrist, Lisa continues to heal from her ordeal. But a new, more sinister threat emerges. An unbalanced and menacing individual has set his sights on Lisa and will stop at nothing to have her. With her close friend Billy still on walkabout, and with her new life at Woori endangered, will she survive this time?

Sinister Intent, book two in the Red Dust series, picks up where the bestseller Splintered Heart left off. Set against the backdrop of the majestic Australian outback, and with its rich cast of characters, both old and new, this sequel is a masterful page turner. Packed full of suspense, romance, tragedy and loss, author Linda Dowling brings a young girl''s saga alive again. 

The highly anticipated new novel from the international bestselling Australian author of Splintered Heart and Sinister Intent, being developed for screen by acclaimed Australian filmmaker Jayden Cummins. Fatal Envy is the #1 bestselling book three in Linda Dowling''s Red Dust Novel Series.

FRACTURED. VENGEFUL. DEADLY.

It has been almost four years since the homestead, Woori, burned to the ground in Sinister Intent, book 2 in the #1 bestselling Red Dust Novel series.

Lisa O''Connor is now Lisa Garrett after marrying her enigmatic Aboriginal jackaroo, Billy Garrett. It is now 1975, and Lisa is about to enter a new phase in her life as mother to twins, Jesse and Jedda, finally putting her horrific past behind her.

Polly Walker is the first-born daughter of Mitch and Tess Walker, who live on the neighbouring farm of Woodside. Her parents'' destructive marriage seems to be taking a toll on the young girl, but there is far more to Polly than meets the eye.

As the lives of the Garrett and Walker family collide, heartbreak and tragedy threaten to destroy Lisa and Billy''s newfound happiness with their young family. And as they navigate the darkness of mental illness, an even more disturbed individual lies in wait to take his revenge on Alan Smith, Lisa''s uncle, and Billy.

Fatal Envy, the final saga in the Red Dust series, will thrill fans of the first two novels. Linda Dowling weaves a story that spans two decades, set against the background of the magnificent Australian outback and inner-city Sydney. Full of hope, new horizons, greed, envy, love and loss, book three is an unputdownable finale in this bestselling series.